Show House Mode in Dashboard

#1

I have no idea if this has been accomplished but preliminary searching is not uplifting. Right now, just looking for brainstorming…or anyone who may have already cracked this egg.

1) Give a description of the problem
I would like to show the current home mode in the dashboard.

2) What is the expected behavior?
A multi-variable switch of some kind that can show more than just on or off.

3) What is happening/not happening?
Not sure where to start. Would need to define virtual device that is capable of more than boolean. Like a temp sensor. Except instead of providing numeric values, could be provided text. This device would then be added to favorites.

***) My workaround for this absence would be to create two virtual switches, one for home/away and the other for day/night. Update these via WebCore using home mode changes. The downside is this gives me only 4 modes.

Thanks

#2

What dashboard are you talking about? It can’t be the webCoRE dashboard, right, cause that’s already there.

Do you mean the phone app? Help me understand the question.

#3

My apologies, I am referring to the SmartThings iOS dashboard. This is my “front end” for the family.

#4

How many modes do you use?

If 4 or less you could use a simulated device with garage door capability (which allows for 4 states)

#5
#6

Primarily just 4 regular modes: Home, Away, Night & Night (Away). I also have an Emergency (All lights on) and Party (which basically will just override automatic off routines). Fairly simple “I think”. I have punted the vacation mode, because after thinking through my long term plans, there is nothing I need there that is not accomplished between Away and Away (Night). I run a lot lighting routines based on morning (wakeup or sunrise) and evening (sunset) times, but I decided to do these events without a dedicated mode, as it was complicating things more than necessary.

I will check out your suggested, thanks!